How do events like the one that we're experiencing in the United States right now, affect public perception of immigration? So this is of course a complex question. But migration has an impact not only on markets of goods and services but when you talk about migrants, you're talking about people. When people arrive, they have the potential to affect many different spheres of the destination country. They might lead to increases in tax rates or decreases in the per capita amount of public services provided.
Title 42 is expiring on Thursday night, a pandemic-era rule allowing the U.S. government to turn away asylum seekers at the border as a public health measure. This comes at a time when apprehensions at the border are already at record highs and Americans give President Biden some of his lowest ratings on his handling of immigration.
In this installment of the podcast, Galen speaks with Georgetown economics professor Anna Maria Mayda about what Americans think of immigration and why, its impacts on the U.S. and its politics, and how that compares with other countries.
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